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36 thoughts on “Basic Analog Synthesis”

Hey! The "Pedantic Dicks" was a punk synth band of the late '70's by three guys named "Richard" that only used ARP Axxes and Odysseys and a strung out spider monkey for tonic dissonance lasting until one Dick offed himself for subtracting all their weed in one complete blowout session. The other two Dicks never recovered and subtracted themselves from the music scene altogether. The monkey turned to prostitution and was later deported after Rudy decided to clean up The Big Apple.

The above is an example of analog synthesis. Although, The Pedantic Dickweeds is a good name for a synth-pop band don't you think?

Hey! The "Pedantic Dicks" was a punk synth band of the late '70's by three guys named "Richard" that only used ARP Axxes and Odysseys and a strung out spider monkey for tonic dissonance lasting until one Dick offed himself for subtracting all their weed in one complete blowout session. The other two Dicks never recovered and subtracted themselves from the music scene altogether. The monkey turned to prostitution and was later deported after Rudy decided to clean up The Big Apple.

The above is an example of analog synthesis. Although, The Pedantic Dickweeds is a good name for a synth-pop band don't you think?

Hey! The "Pedantic Dicks" was a punk synth band of the late '70's by three guys named "Richard" that only used ARP Axxes and Odysseys and a strung out spider monkey for tonic dissonance lasting until one Dick offed himself for subtracting all their weed in one complete blowout session. The other two Dicks never recovered and subtracted themselves from the music scene altogether. The monkey turned to prostitution and was later deported after Rudy decided to clean up The Big Apple.

The above is an example of analog synthesis. Although, The Pedantic Dickweeds is a good name for a synth-pop band don't you think?

Hey! The "Pedantic Dicks" was a punk synth band of the late '70's by three guys named "Richard" that only used ARP Axxes and Odysseys and a strung out spider monkey for tonic dissonance lasting until one Dick offed himself for subtracting all their weed in one complete blowout session. The other two Dicks never recovered and subtracted themselves from the music scene altogether. The monkey turned to prostitution and was later deported after Rudy decided to clean up The Big Apple.

The above is an example of analog synthesis. Although, The Pedantic Dickweeds is a good name for a synth-pop band don't you think?

Hey! The "Pedantic Dicks" was a punk synth band of the late '70's by three guys named "Richard" that only used ARP Axxes and Odysseys and a strung out spider monkey for tonic dissonance lasting until one Dick offed himself for subtracting all their weed in one complete blowout session. The other two Dicks never recovered and subtracted themselves from the music scene altogether. The monkey turned to prostitution and was later deported after Rudy decided to clean up The Big Apple.

The above is an example of analog synthesis. Although, The Pedantic Dickweeds is a good name for a synth-pop band don't you think?

Maybe you don't want it. I think it's interesting because it's simple and fun. I'd never buy one intending to do serious work on it but sometimes simple fun leads to inspiration. It looks like Roland have done a decent job for a certain audience and hardcore synth enthusiasts aren't their target.

However, it does also scream "low-end VA" moreso than some other well known VAs but at quite a high price point relatively speaking. You have Numark with their Miniak/Ion/Micron at $450-500, the Korg R3 at $500-600 and the microKorg at ~$400, and maybe a couple of other contenders. The Gaia has more of a direct interface going for it – plenty of sliders/knobs. Is it worth $700 though?

Well, looking at new synths released this year there is a bit of a drought for this type of product. There's basically this and the DSI synths, and only the mopho keyboard at $799 competing with this in terms of hands-on controls and a keyboard (plus that's a monosynth) so I bet Roland feels they're in a good position.

I'd have bought one already to play with but it's about $150 top-heavy IMO.

This synth is a phat joke. Teach synthesis on something real. I think this is basically just a promotion for the weak ass Gaia…..F all these wack synths which help to confuse noobs about synthesis, i.e. this thing is more of a toy than a Korg Monotron DOWN with the GAia it is crap we don't want!

This synth is a phat joke. Teach synthesis on something real. I think this is basically just a promotion for the weak ass Gaia…..F all these wack synths which help to confuse noobs about synthesis, i.e. this thing is more of a toy than a Korg Monotron DOWN with the GAia it is crap we don't want!

This synth is a phat joke. Teach synthesis on something real. I think this is basically just a promotion for the weak ass Gaia…..F all these wack synths which help to confuse noobs about synthesis, i.e. this thing is more of a toy than a Korg Monotron DOWN with the GAia it is crap we don't want!

This synth is a phat joke. Teach synthesis on something real. I think this is basically just a promotion for the weak ass Gaia…..F all these wack synths which help to confuse noobs about synthesis, i.e. this thing is more of a toy than a Korg Monotron DOWN with the GAia it is crap we don't want!

This synth is a phat joke. Teach synthesis on something real. I think this is basically just a promotion for the weak ass Gaia…..F all these wack synths which help to confuse noobs about synthesis, i.e. this thing is more of a toy than a Korg Monotron DOWN with the GAia it is crap we don't want!

Maybe you don't want it. I think it's interesting because it's simple and fun. I'd never buy one intending to do serious work on it but sometimes simple fun leads to inspiration. It looks like Roland have done a decent job for a certain audience and hardcore synth enthusiasts aren't their target.

However, it does also scream "low-end VA" moreso than some other well known VAs but at quite a high price point relatively speaking. You have Numark with their Miniak/Ion/Micron at $450-500, the Korg R3 at $500-600 and the microKorg at ~$400, and maybe a couple of other contenders. The Gaia has more of a direct interface going for it – plenty of sliders/knobs. Is it worth $700 though?

Well, looking at new synths released this year there is a bit of a drought for this type of product. There's basically this and the DSI synths, and only the mopho keyboard at $799 competing with this in terms of hands-on controls and a keyboard (plus that's a monosynth) so I bet Roland feels they're in a good position.

I'd have bought one already to play with but it's about $150 top-heavy IMO.

Maybe you don't want it. I think it's interesting because it's simple and fun. I'd never buy one intending to do serious work on it but sometimes simple fun leads to inspiration. It looks like Roland have done a decent job for a certain audience and hardcore synth enthusiasts aren't their target.

However, it does also scream "low-end VA" moreso than some other well known VAs but at quite a high price point relatively speaking. You have Numark with their Miniak/Ion/Micron at $450-500, the Korg R3 at $500-600 and the microKorg at ~$400, and maybe a couple of other contenders. The Gaia has more of a direct interface going for it – plenty of sliders/knobs. Is it worth $700 though?

Well, looking at new synths released this year there is a bit of a drought for this type of product. There's basically this and the DSI synths, and only the mopho keyboard at $799 competing with this in terms of hands-on controls and a keyboard (plus that's a monosynth) so I bet Roland feels they're in a good position.

I'd have bought one already to play with but it's about $150 top-heavy IMO.

Maybe you don't want it. I think it's interesting because it's simple and fun. I'd never buy one intending to do serious work on it but sometimes simple fun leads to inspiration. It looks like Roland have done a decent job for a certain audience and hardcore synth enthusiasts aren't their target.

However, it does also scream "low-end VA" moreso than some other well known VAs but at quite a high price point relatively speaking. You have Numark with their Miniak/Ion/Micron at $450-500, the Korg R3 at $500-600 and the microKorg at ~$400, and maybe a couple of other contenders. The Gaia has more of a direct interface going for it – plenty of sliders/knobs. Is it worth $700 though?

Well, looking at new synths released this year there is a bit of a drought for this type of product. There's basically this and the DSI synths, and only the mopho keyboard at $799 competing with this in terms of hands-on controls and a keyboard (plus that's a monosynth) so I bet Roland feels they're in a good position.

I'd have bought one already to play with but it's about $150 top-heavy IMO.

Maybe you don't want it. I think it's interesting because it's simple and fun. I'd never buy one intending to do serious work on it but sometimes simple fun leads to inspiration. It looks like Roland have done a decent job for a certain audience and hardcore synth enthusiasts aren't their target.

However, it does also scream "low-end VA" moreso than some other well known VAs but at quite a high price point relatively speaking. You have Numark with their Miniak/Ion/Micron at $450-500, the Korg R3 at $500-600 and the microKorg at ~$400, and maybe a couple of other contenders. The Gaia has more of a direct interface going for it – plenty of sliders/knobs. Is it worth $700 though?

Well, looking at new synths released this year there is a bit of a drought for this type of product. There's basically this and the DSI synths, and only the mopho keyboard at $799 competing with this in terms of hands-on controls and a keyboard (plus that's a monosynth) so I bet Roland feels they're in a good position.

I'd have bought one already to play with but it's about $150 top-heavy IMO.

Yes I have to admit that there is a huge gap in the market for quality built 100% Analog Synths with a decent amount of control over sound sculpting.
It's just a load of Plastic Fake sheet. Just to earn many low payouts instead of infrequent large payouts. The Problem all started with the Live Musicians having all the Money, thus all the Say in Synth Design.
There are so many Stage Synths about now that it's just forced these Companies to release a new Model every Damn year. And they Suck! Yep! They do either Everything Really Bad! Or they do very Little Very well. And thats just Wack!
Then there's the Workstation Synth with the Fatal Floor Like forgetting to include the Sample Section in the Software or the Sequencer is Laggy, or Load times are slow as hell. They cost a Bomb & if they arn't Analog, Whats the Point? We may aswell have a Cracked version of Acid, FL, Sonic, Cubase, etc!